1. Try this old nursery rhyme, Solomon Grundy.

1. Solomon Grundy


2. Solomon Grundy

3. Born on a Monday,

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4. Christened (named) on Tuesday,

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5. Married on Wednesday,

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6. Took ill on Thursday,

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7. Worsened on Friday,

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8. Died on Saturday,

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9. Buried on Sunday.

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10. This is the end of

11. Solomon Grundy.

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2. Over the River and Through the Woods, a Thanksgiving Song by Lydia Maria Child

Learn how to sign this holiday song.
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1. Over the river, and through the wood,
2. To Grandmother's house we go;
3. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
4. through the white and drifted snow.
5. Over the river, and through the wood
6. Oh, how the wind does blow!
7. It stings the toes and bites the nose
8. As over the ground we go.
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3. Lift Every Voice and Sing, by the Johnson Brothers

Learn how to sign this patriotic song for Deaf Interaction Day.

1. Lift every voice and sing,

2. 'Til earth and heaven ring,

3. Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; 4. Let our rejoicing rise

5. High as the listening skies,

6. Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

7. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,

8. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

9. Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, 10. Let us march on 'til victory is won.


This music video link will open if you are using this site at Lincoln High School:
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Lift_Every_Voice_and_Sing&video_id=23006

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Suggestions for artistic interpretation of English to ASL:
1. Eliminate words not used in ASL
2. Check new words in the dictionary and practice them.
3. Make needed changes from English word order to to ASL word order.
4. Use poetic gestures (not conversational ones) that are big and easy to see.
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